Roof and shingle securing means



July 24, 192s.

' C. C. FIGGE ROOFAND SHINGLE SECURING MEANS Original Filed April 23. 1925 @ma a fgge,"

Patented July 24, 1928.

UNITED STATE-S COR/ROLL C. FIGGE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.V

R001? .A 'ND SHINGLE ,SECBING MEANS.'

Substitute for application Serial No. 633,829, tiled April 23,1923. This application led .Tune 9, 1926.

. l Serial No. 114,902.

rIhis application is a substitute for appli.- cants prior application i3/:633,829 tiled April 23, 1923 which becameabandoned January 1, 1926.'

This invention relates to an improved roof and to the means for securely attachingthe shingles thereof. Among the objects of the invention are: to provide an improved form of shingle with a noticeable thickness at the butt increasing the shade line thereof; to simplify the spacing and attachment of shingles in rows or courses; to provide an improved fastening means for engagingjdif# ferent courses of shingles at dili'erentrelative heights; to provide a common fastening means for a shingle in one course which'hengages the butt of a shingle in an overlying course and is concealed by the latter when it is in place; and in general, to produce the construction herein shown and described.

In the accompanyingdrawing, F ig. 1 illustrates a roof with shingles staggeredin courses, in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section takenon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. l is a section taken on the' line 4.-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective of the underside of a shingle; Fig. 6 is a perspective of the fastening device; Fig. 7 illustrates how a shingle may be made to securev additional thickness at the butt end; and Fig. 8 is a `perspective of a modified form of clip.

One of the objections to composition roofing is that even though it is coated with finely divided slate, granite chips, or the like it does not have suilicient thickness at the butt to produce a shade line of suliiciently noticeable depth when it is placed on a roof. The result is that no matter how high grade the roofing-it looks flat and cheap. In the present invention this lis overcomeby Aforming the individual'shingles with a bent edge or edges which maybe made as thick as desired, even resembling tiles, and thus producing a shade line of considerable depth.

Anotherobjection to composition roofing is that unless some means is provided for engaging the butt ends of the shingles they are easily warped or ybent and in severe weather they are easily bent up by snow or rain, or even by the wind, land soon present an unsightly appearance. If fastening nails are provided through the butt ends they are rusted or the hole that they make admits water directly through vthe shingles. The present invention overcomes this objection by engaging' the bent under edges of the butts of the shingles thereby holding this portion of the shingles down and at the saine time concealing the holding means so that the `latter is not objectionable from this standpoint.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, a` shingle 1 constructed in accordance with the'principles of this invention is'shown in Fig. 5 having two adjacent edges 2 and 3 bent under and either over lapped or bevelled at the corner, as shown in Fig. 5. The outer or Weather face of shingles of this type are commonly coated with slate or some other substance resembling stone or tile, and as it is this surface which is outermost, the shingle viewed from the butt edge is of Vconsiderable thickness and may even be made to represent tile. In order to increase this effect a block or strip 4, as shown in Fig. 7 may be inserted and. held in the bent edge of the shingle, thereby preventing the shingle from collapsing, to preserve and increase this desired ellect. In practice ity is preferable to have these shingles bent in this manner where they are made, as such bending after the material is hardened causes the surface inish to crack and break away from the body of the shingle.

These shingles are intended to be laid in Overlapping courses, the shingles and. 6 of adjacent courses being staggered with respect to the other, and the shingles 7 of the nent course being in a vertical alinement with the shingles 5 of the second course therefrom,

In order to secure the shingles in place, a fastening device 8 is provided for each shingle. This comprises a single piece of sheet material preferably tinned or galvanized the body 9 of which is substantially rectangular with lthe tivo adjacent sides at opposite corners thereof bent upwardly and offset to form sides and extending edges of diierent height and width. Adjacent sides 10 and 11 are formed with shoulders or oft sets 12 less in height than the shoulders or offsets 13 upon which the adjacent sides 14 and 15 are bent. In other words, this fastening device has oppositely extending edges 10 and 11 which are at one height from the ledgesQ and 3 of the shingles.

bottom 9 and edges 14 and 15 which are at at a different or greater height from the bottom. In the bottom itself are perforations 16 through either one of which a shingle nail 17 or other fastening device may be inserted into a roof support 18. In the sides 10 and 11 are other perfor-ations 19 which may bev used if desired. j

In laying a roof of this kind the lowermost shingles are placed in the desired posi-V tion with the horizontal corners abutting each other anda fastening device 8 1s attached to the roofnig below the. abutting horizontal corners with the projecting edgesl shingles are slipped over projecting edges 1st and 15 of the fastening device 8 and all the shingles of the next course are locatedk and positioned by this engagement. The

same operation is repeated for each course,

and it is apparent that after the first course is located in position the other shingles are properly placed and positioned by the engagement with the fastening device.,

Each fastening device 8 engages not only the shingle to which it is directly applied by inserting the shingle nail through one of the openings 16, but also it engages the adjacent upper-corners of the shingles of the next course above it by means of the sides 10 and 11, and also it engages the butt'of the second course above by means of the sides 14 and 15 which fit under the turned butt of every shingle is held down ,at its lowermost extremity and none of the fastening devices are visible from the outside of the roofing when the roof is complete. f

A somewhat simpler form of clip is Shown by Fig. 8 which may be about half the size of the vfastening device shown in Fig. 6. In this form the base 21 is substantially triangular in form and rising from two adjacent sides 22 are perforated ledges 23 corresponding tothe bent sides 10 and 11. Extending upwardly from these sides 23 are osets 24 with bent extensions 25 which cor'- respond with the sides 111 and 15 of the device 8. rIhis device is used and applied in exactly the same Vway as the devicek 8, ,and the offset extensions 25 extend under the turned under edges 2 and 3 of the shingles at a distance from the point thereof. This device being somewhat smaller and taking less material, is less expensive from the points of manufacture and sale.

One of the most important features of this turned under shingle is due to the fact that by bending the exposed edges or butt ends of the shingle in the manner explained, the edges are sealed against the weather and prevent the deteriorating action of heat and Thus the .j

cold which ordinarily affects the cut edges of such shingles. For example, if the edges are simply cut, they tend to run or Vslough awayl under the action of the summer sun, which reduces their sealing, kand therefore their waterproofing effect. l/Vith the presentturned under shingle, the butt or exposed ends are sealed at all times.

Although these very simple forms of shingles and fastening devices are shown, it is lobvious that the samel principles may be employed with shingles and fastening clips of various forms and shapes without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

`I claim:v

1. A concealed single piece shingle holding device for angular butt shingles comprising a bo'x having ledges at different elevations from the bottom thereof for engaging within turned under angular shingle extremities and on top of shingles in three different courses. j

2. In a roof, a shingle holding device having a'base with opposite ledges at different heights, and rectangular angular butt shingles arranged in staggered ycourses with said butts formed by turning over two adjacent edges inwardly, one of the ledges extending into` one of the turned over edges and one of the shingles in an adjacent course extendingunder another of the ledges for positioning it'. Y

8. A roof with angular butt shingles in which the butt is formed by turning two adjacent sides over inwardly, and fastening devices having ledges to engage in the turned over sides of said shingles and` with other oppositeledges at a different elevation to position the adjacent corners of similar shingles inthe next course. l

4. In a roof, a separate fastening devic with a projecting bent edge invisible when applied, shingles staggered fin superposed courses, each shingle having one end formed by bending the edge over inwardly and the bent edge of the shingle being engaged from beneathby the bent edge of the fastening device ofthe adjacent courses, and means on the device for engaging over the inwardly bent edges of adjacentshingles to position them 'in a course below.

5. In a roof, a plurality of courses of yshingles each shingle comprising an angular butt formed by bending over adjacent edges inwardly to obtain greater thickness, a fasteningA device for each shingle comprising a member attachable at the upper end of the shingle and having projecting edges which engage under the turned over edges of the shingle butt in a course above thereby covering the fastening device, and other projecting edges to extend'` over and position hingles staggered in a course below the said utt.

6.' A roof comprising overlapping coursesy of shingles the shingles of` each course being staggered with respect to those of the adjacent courses, the butt end of each shingle being bent over inwardly to obtain greater thickness and increase the shadow line thereof, and a fastening device for each shingle having projecting ledges at different elelvations from the bottom thereof, the upper ledges positioning` and overlapping the adjacent edges of the course next above that to which the fastening device is applied, and the lower ledges engaging in the overturned edge of the butt of the shingle in the second course above that to which the fastening device is attached.

7 A shingle positioner and holder for angular butt end shingles which are turned under at the angular butt end, said holder comprising a perforated attachment base with opposite outwardly turned ledges at different elevations, one ledge to engage over the edge of a shingle in the course next above that to which the base is applied, and the outer ledge to engage within the turned under butt end to position and hold it down without being visible from the exterior side of the roof.

8. A roof with rectangular shingles havu ing two adjacent edges turned over inwardly to form a thick angular butt, and a diamond patterned roof, the shingles of one course being staggered with respect to the adjacent ones, and a one piece fastener having a ledge adapted to be inserted under the turned over edge of one butt to hold it down and other projections to extend over the edges of adjacent shngle ends in a course below to hold them in place.

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